Adriano Zumbo Time Out Cover
A new issue of Time Out Sydney is on newstands now featuring a cover shoot i did with renowned patissier Adriano Zumbo. He was a pleasure to shoot and up for anything. A suggestive question of “how many macarons do you think you could fit in your mouth?” lead to the cover shot. A question [...]
Big Day Out 2011 portraits
Here’s some photos from the backstage studio i had at Sydney’s Big Day Out for Fasterlouder. Like the set up at Splendour in the Grass, we had broad theme and some props to go along with it. We had a table or carnival/circus type props for the artists to choose from as they entered. Some chose [...]
Hardy and Hayes homage to Hinch
With the debut of Marieke Hardy‘s new TV series Laid this week i was reminded to post this picture we did together last year. It’s an homage to a photo by Rennie Ellis of Derryn Hinch and Playboy playmate Allyson Best. Of course there’s a bit of role reversal going on in our picture, with [...]
Big Day Out Studio
Like the backstage Splendour Studio i shot last year, this year i had a photo studio set up backstage at Sydney’s Big Day Out for FasterLouder. You can see all the photos in FasterLouder’s Big Day Out Photo Studio gallery.
Gareth Liddiard
Here’s some pictures i took of Gareth Liddiard, the frontman of The Drones who has just released a solo record called Strange Tourist.
Constantina Bush aka Kamahi Djordon King
These photos have been sitting on my hard drive for too long, it’s time they get an airing here. I present to you Kamahi Djordan King and his flamboyant alter ego Constantina Bush. They were shot in June last year while i was taking stills on Who We Are, a Foxtel series of short profiles [...]
Dan Sultan
Here’s some photos i took of Dan Sultan while i was working as the stills photographer on Foxtel’s Who We Are series.
Portraits for Vice/Bonds
While Cybele and i were on holidays, a couple of photos we took of each other were part of an exhibition put on by Vice and sponsored by Bonds. It was held at Luxe Studios in Darlinghurst and by the looks of it proved popular. It was for of a project that Vice initiated for [...]
Splendour Studio – Day 2
By day two of the FasterLouder Splendour Studio i’d just about lost my voice. The combination of festival dust, tiredness and a day of barking instructions took it out of me. So i hoarsley rasped my way through the following days, prodding musicians to do this and that. Here’s my photos from day 2 featuring [...]
Splendour Studio – Day 1
At Splendour in the Grass i had one of the best assignments i’ve ever had – shooting backstage portraits of the bands and artists playing at the festival for FasterLouder. FasterLouder had a tent in the media compound backstage that i set up with a white paper roll and some studio lights (with help from [...]
FBi Final Fling portraits
On Saturday night i took some pictures at FBi Radio‘s Final Fling concert at the Metro. Rather than shoot it traditional event coverage style, I set up a paper roll and light to do some portraits. My buddy Will helped me set up. He has a photo show opening this week at Mart Gallery. Jinja [...]
Who We Are posters
I was incredibly fortunate and proud to be involved in this Who We Are project. It’s a series of video profiles on indigenous artists that will air on Foxtel next month. These are some promotional posters. They all feature my photos, and there’s loads more of my photography on the Who We Are website. I’ll [...]
General Pants lookbook
On that same day i shot the three bands for General Pants, i also photographed model Sonya Kukainis for a winter knitwear and jackets lookbook.
Photographing the Premier
Time Out Sydney interviewed New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally in the most recent issue, which is accompanied by a photo i did with her. It was a bit chaotic coming together. Prior to the shoot i was told we’d have to do the photo in her office. Pretty boring, but at least i could [...]
Leeanna Walsman
I took a few snaps of actress Leeanna Walsman after an interview for Time Out the other week. It was in the corridor of the Sydney Theatre Company, where Leanna is appearing in Stockholm.
Hugo Weaving
Here’s some snaps of the superb actor Hugo Weaving. It was a last minute affair, i only found out i was getting a photo opp with him 20 minutes before the shoot. They were taken in a minute i had in a hotel room while he was on a junket for Wolfman. No time for [...]
Time Out’s Surry Hills cover
Sometimes a magazine cover photo is inspired by a coverline, in this case “The Hills are alive!” which described Time Out Sydney‘s feature on Surry Hills. It ends up being a little tenuous, but the idea was to allude to the classic image of Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music, but with a modern [...]
Crossing paths with the Sartorialist
Since issue 1 of Time Out Sydney there’s been a street style feature that i’ve photographed called Word on the Street. It’s a pretty unashamed ‘homage’ to The Sartorialist. This week i noticed that we’ve finally crossed paths on our subjects, a girl named Tiffany who i photographed in Paddington in November and was published [...]
Anthony LaPaglia at Coluzzi
While i’m posting photos of men in coffee shops, here’s Anthony LaPaglia at Bar Coluzzi in Darlinghurst. He’s a latté man. This was shot in July while he was promoting Balibo.
Cloud Control out-takes
Back in August i had Cloud Control in the studio, and after doing some band photos i thought it would be fun to experiment a little at the end of the session. I singled out lead singer Alister and asked the make up artist to draw a lightning bolt over his face, like David Bowie’s [...]
Griffin Theatre 30th Anniversary
These are some portraits i took of various people involved with the Griffin Theatre Company over the past 30 years. I was commissioned by Foxtel who were filming a video piece at the same time. The shoot coincided with the day Griffin were throwing a street party for the 30th anniversary and kickstarting a fundraising [...]
Photographing Amanda Lepore
Here’s some photos from a brief shoot i had on Friday with famous New York transexual Amanda Lepore for Time Out Sydney. Amanda was in town to launch a new gay club night. This was a pretty intimidating and exciting shoot for me, not because of Amanda Lepore per se, but for the fact that [...]
Kenneth Kvarnström at Sydney Dance Company
While i’m posting dance related photos, here’s some portraits i took of Kenneth Kvarnström for Time Out Sydney. Kenneth is a Finnish choreographer who is creating a new work for the Sydney Dance Company called Mercury. We started in a workshop backstage where the outifts are made, and Kenneth immediately impressed with his dexterous posing. [...]